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What does WI Harper Group invest in?
WI Harper Group invests most often at Series A and Series B (53% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Healthcare, Biotechnology and Deeptech.
WI Harper Group highlights
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33 rounds on record
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 53% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $1.3M
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9 exits from the portfolio
What they do
As one of the earliest venture firms in Greater China, we helped pioneer the region's VC ecosystem and have since partnered with over 400 companies across breakthrough sectors like AI, biotech, fintech, and sustainability.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- HealthcareBiotechnologyDeeptech
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first33 appearances
- 2016
1 round
- Jul
- 2013
4 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Feb
- Jan
- 2012
7 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- 2011
3 rounds
- Dec
- Aug
- Jun
- 2010
3 rounds
- Jul
- Jan
- Jan
- 2008
3 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Mar
- 2007
3 rounds
- Dec
- Jul
- Jun
- 2006
3 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Jan
- 2005
4 rounds
- Oct
- Aug
- May
- Jan
- 2004
1 round
- May
- 2002
1 round
- Jun
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration4 named
EHEdward Haung LiuOwneriForm ADV
LHLing HuControlleriForm ADV
PYPete Yeau-Hwan LiuChairman / OwneriForm ADV
WWWensi WuOwneriForm ADV
We also hold 28 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$379Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- WI Harper Group INC
- SEC number
- CRD 161665
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
7 of 14 we have independently watched raise
AvaamoEdiGeneFlexcomputeGrubMarketHealth2Sync (H2)NeuracleXW PharmaAeolus RoboticsAlpha RingDataBlauInnovation WorksKindstarNextDriveYunphant
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed9 in all
DivXBought by NeuLion$63MJan 2015
Wallaby FinancialBought by BankrateUndisclosedDec 2014
Think Big AnalyticsBought by TeradataUndisclosedSept 2014
Laszlo SystemsBought by Critical Path Inc.UndisclosedFeb 2012
DivXBought by Sonic Solutions$323MJun 2010
DivXListedUndisclosedMay 2006
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.